DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 36%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
94.204.252.158:28025
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Up 8369 places on last week. Top 36% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
Desert Black #2 | Hardcore server - Winter 40% - Gathering 2x - Ammunition cost 2x - Black market - 6k procedural map - Decay 0.5x - No partry - No safe zones - No tech tree(only research) - Fog of war An introvert's paradise...
Spec sheet
- Address
- 94.204.252.158:28025
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 200
- Group limit
- teams off
- Wipe schedule
- biweekly
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 18:52 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10's rules and configuration?
The name of DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 does not include a gather rate. No group limit is published. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Oxide plugins in use. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10?
The map on DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 is procedural and size 5,990, created by the game.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10?
gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules, which are harsher; mp200 (Max players): Slot count: 200; ts0 (Group limit): No teams on this server; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167231 (Build): Running build 167231; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^b (Biweekly): Two-week wipe cycle; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; WA (West Asia): You will find it in the browser under West Asia are the tags DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10: Top modded Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
Performance of DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10: does it hold up?
Server fps held an average of 125 across the last 48 hours, minimum 103. The entity count reached 203,704: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. It drew as much as 4,083 MB of memory. Lag, to players, means low fps and a growing entity count.
What's the location of DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10?
No region comes from DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 94.204.252.158:28025.
How reliable is DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10?
Online: DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10, at this moment. A restart happened about 14 hours ago, based on the uptime figure. 168 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 100% uptime. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 using?
On Windows, DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Wipe day at DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10: what's it like?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
How often does DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 wipe?
The prediction goes by its tag, because too few of DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. Thursday 15 October at 17:12 UTC is when the next wipe comes. The world you are on was made 7 days 7 hours. Look at its tags: wipes every two weeks.
Population
What's DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10's rank among Rust servers?
In the top 36% of all ranked servers, DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 is #8,170 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 busy?
0 players are on DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10 at the moment, out of 200 slots. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 2. It was busiest at 08:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 2 players on average.
How to join
What's the process to join DesertBlack #2 | PVP | BALANCED HARDCORE 01.10?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 94.204.252.158:28025. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/EGNykFTvxh.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^b,WA,gmhardcore,cs167231,ts0,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.